Girl Scout Daisy “Welcome to the Flower Garden” Journey Activity Table Use this table as a guide to completing the requirements for the It’s Your World…Change It! Journey. Most Required and Recommended Activities can be found in the Leader Guide for this Journey. Other activities will have notations as to where they can be found.

GB = Girl’s Book LG = Leader’s Guide JN = Badgerland Journey Newsletter for this Journey

Journey Journey Journey Journey SessionSessionSessionSession

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Recommend Recommend Recommend Recommend ActivitiesActivitiesActivitiesActivities

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The sessions as shown in the Leader Guide

The Awards earned during the Journey

These activities must be completed or substituted with an activity that creates a comparable experience

These activities are recommended to support the Journey experience, theme, or to assist in creating troop culture

These activities may provide additional or alternative experiences that will enhance the Journey for your troop

These events, trips, badges or programs that may enhance the Journey experience for your troop

Use the space below to track progress or check-off activities in the other columns as they are completed.

Session One

Welcome Welcome Welcome Welcome to the to the to the to the Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Flower Flower Flower Flower GardenGardenGardenGarden

Watering Can Award

This award represents being

“responsible “responsible “responsible “responsible for what I say for what I say for what I say for what I say and do.”and do.”and do.”and do.”

•Girl Scout Promise

•Mini-Garden Activity

•‘Color Me’ Pages *GB

•Daisy Circle

•Garden Story Time Chapter One

•Daisy Circle, Garden-Style Game

•Friendship Circle

•Healthy Garden Snack

•Mini-Garden ideas: use an egg carton to plant small flower seeds like marigolds; Create a bulb garden using crocus, daffodil, or other bulb in a bowl filled with dirt or rocks *JN

•Read a Story about Juliette Low, Check out ‘The Story of Juliette Low’ at the library, or *GB p. 6

•Map It Out: Create a Map showing where girls are from *LG p.38

•What is a Seed? Discussion *LG p. 42

•‘What’s in Your Garden? *GB pg 62

•The Flower Friends and the Girl Scout Law *poster LG. Use this visual aid while learning the Girl Scout Law.

•Visit a local public garden, or arrange a tour of a private garden in your area.

•Going global: invite a guest to share about their home country *LG p. 38

•Attend a Council or Program Partner event related on the Daisy Flower Garden. See the Program Guide for possible events

•Earn the Orange Orange Orange Orange Daisy PetalDaisy PetalDaisy PetalDaisy Petal

•Set up a system for girls to pay a small amount of troop dues each week, encourage girls to remember their “responsibility” to bring their dues.

•Assign helper tasks (Kapers) to girls at troop meetings and events

Session Two

Buzzing Buzzing Buzzing Buzzing Toward Toward Toward Toward Girl Scout Girl Scout Girl Scout Girl Scout ValuesValuesValuesValues

•Girl Scout Promise

•Girl Scout Sign

•Mini-Garden Watering

•Opening Ceremony

•Garden Story Time Chapter Two

•Garden Scamper

•Healthy Garden Snack

•Closing Ceremony

Session Three

Greetings Greetings Greetings Greetings and and and and FriendshipFriendshipFriendshipFriendship

•Girl Scout Promise

•Girl Scout Handshake

•Mini-Garden Watering

•Girl Scout Law

•Closing Ceremony: Earning the Watering Can Award

•Opening Ceremony •Garden Story Time Chapter 3 •Imitating Nature Charades •Healthy Garden Snack

Session Four

Good Good Good Good Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Good Good Good Good Deeds, Deeds, Deeds, Deeds, Garden Garden Garden Garden NeedsNeedsNeedsNeeds

Golden Honey Bee Award

This award represents

taking action to ‘Make the World Make the World Make the World Make the World a Better Place’ a Better Place’ a Better Place’ a Better Place’ and being

‘Responsible for Responsible for Responsible for Responsible for what I say and what I say and what I say and what I say and

do.’do.’do.’do.’

•Girl Scout Promise

•Take Action Project Brainstorm

•Closing Ceremony

•Daisy Network’s Project Possibilities Action List (family activity)

•Opening Ceremony

•Garden Story Time Chapter 4

•Mini-Garden Watering

•What’s in the Bag? Game

•Take Action Planning: if you think your group will do an off-site project you may want to pre-arrange a location for the project such as a school, community garden, or nursing home. Then you can brain storm the type of project the girls will do at Session 4 but have the logistics in place for Session 5.

•Create a Worm Composting Bin *LG p. 63

•Secret Garden Game *LG p 73

•Earn the Rose Rose Rose Rose Daisy PetalDaisy PetalDaisy PetalDaisy Petal Take Action Ideas:Take Action Ideas:Take Action Ideas:Take Action Ideas:

•Prairie Seed Collection or Distribution

•Create Wreaths for Nursing Homes or homeless shelters .

•Assist an Elderly or Limited Mobility person with seasonal yard tasks like planting, weeding, raking, or snow removal.

•Create or maintain a community garden at a school or community center.

Session Five

Doing and Doing and Doing and Doing and GrowingGrowingGrowingGrowing

Take Take Take Take Action Action Action Action ProjectProjectProjectProject

•Girl Scout Promise

•Take Action Project Take Action Project Take Action Project Take Action Project incorporated into the regular meeting time, or arranged as a separate event.

•Closing Ceremony: Earning the Golden Honey Bee Award (after the Take Action Project)

•Opening Ceremony

•Garden Story Time Chapter 5

•Mini-Garden Watering Time

•Secret Garden Stuff Game

Session Six

Celebrate Celebrate Celebrate Celebrate the Girl the Girl the Girl the Girl Scout Law Scout Law Scout Law Scout Law with a with a with a with a Garden Garden Garden Garden Party!Party!Party!Party!

Amazing Daisy Award

represents learning the Promise and Law, and

recognizes a commitment to live by the Girl live by the Girl live by the Girl live by the Girl Scout Law.Scout Law.Scout Law.Scout Law.

•Girl Scout Promise

•Note to Future Girl Scout Daisies

•Earning the Amazing Daisy Award

•Girl Scout Garden Party Celebration and Ceremony

•Opening Ceremony

•Garden Story Time Chapter 6

•Invite Families and Guests to participate in the ‘Garden Party’

•Display photos from your troop’s take action project!

•Repeat one of your troop’s favorite activities from this journey with family members.

•Earn the Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy Petal Center Petal Center Petal Center Petal Center Piece for learning the Girl Scout Promise.

•Celebrate!Celebrate!Celebrate!Celebrate! This is a good time to do a fun trip or event that your troop is interested in doing to celebrate the completion of the Journey. For example: bowling, a hike, or a trip to a garden and playground!

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